> Tales of Great Africa at dusk or at sunrise

One of the amazing continents on Earth, Africa, reveals some of the most peaceful, simple and warm landscapes. The best moment to 'write a tale' is at dusk or at sunrise, reason why we expect a Tale of Great Africa at those moments... See some guidelines below.

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Announced:

Monday, 25th January, 2010 (GMT)

Submissions:

Monday, 1st February, 2010 –
Sunday, 7th February, 2010
(GMT)

Voting:

Monday, 8th February, 2010 –
Sunday, 14th February, 2010
(GMT)

Processing rules:

Basic PP.

Photography; not digital worlds.

No B&W or sepia tones.

No HDR/DRI, no collage, no borders.

Small signatures allowed.

- please see additional rules...

Capture date rules:

No restrictions.

Additional rules:

Landscape exposures in Africa, sky must be visible, dusk or sunrise.

INCLUDE THE LOCATION IN Description OR Notes FIELDS. (At least the country name from Africa.)

Not entered to previous dpreview challenges.

If you decide to use the Complain button than do it responsibly before the voting phase starts. Justify your complain.

Comments and questions are addressed in the Challenges and Galleries forum.

Your complaint (along with the complaints of others regarding this entry) will be
reviewed by the challenge owner. Depending upon the nature and applicability of the
complaint, the entry may be disqualified. In extreme circumstances the user who submitted
the entry may receive a ban from the challenge or series in question.

Entry comments

The 3 votes of 0.5 is a real head-scratcher given the impact of the photo, but who knows, maybe those voters owned pet wildabeests when they were kids. It would be interesting to know what they were thinking. The photo was taken in the dark and there is some sensor noise, so maybe that turned them off. The voting is pretty random, but one of the things I enjoy about the challenges is finding gems like this one that didn't make the top 10. It finished 14th, so I don't want to make it sound like it got totally disrespected.